Stamp or ticket vending machine.



S. L. W. COE. STAMP 0R TICKET VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OGT.22, 1912. 1,080, 1 38. Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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S. L. W. COE. STAMP 0R TICKET VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 22, 1912. 1,080, 1 38. Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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S. L. W. COE.

STAMP 0R TICKET VBNDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 22, 1912.

1,080,188. Patented De@.2,1913.

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SAR L. W. COE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

STP R. TICKET VENDING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application leci ctober 22, 1912. Serial No. 727,165.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known thatI, SARA L. W. COE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented Certain new and usefulImprovements in Stamp or Ticket Vending Machines; and I do herebydeclare the followin tobe a full, clear, and exact description o theinvention, such as will'I enable others skilled in the art to which -itappertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines and moreparticularly .to coin controlled mechanism for delivering stamps,tickets vand the' like,-the object of the invention being to soconstruct a stamp or ticket vending machine as to avoid the uscof a feeddrum, such as have been heretofore employed in such machines. l Afurther object is to construct the mechanism in such manner as to insurethe delivery of a single stamp `or ticket when a coin is inserted intothe machine, and prevent the possibility of a customer from'somanipulating the machine as to obtain more than one stamp or ticket ateach operation of the mechanism. i

With these objects in view the invention consists in certainnovelfeatures of construction and combinations yof parts as h'ereinafter setforth and pointed out in the claims. v

In the accompanying drawings; Flgure'l is a vertical sectional view of amechanism embodying myinvention; Figs. 2 and .3 are sectional'viewsshowing different positions which the parts assume during the operationof the machine; Fig. 4 is a detail View (partly in section) showing.thesevering dcvice and adjacent parts; Fig. 51s a sectional View, partlyin elevation, showing. portions of the strip feeding means, and 141g. 6is a horizontal sectional View.

1 represents a faceplate to be secured 1n a suitable casing (not shown)and this plate supports the mechanism within the. casing. The plate 1 isprovided with a discharge slot 2 for stamps or tickets. To the rear faceof the said face plate,an elongated bracket 3 is secured and rovidedwitha platform 4 in line with'the discharge slot 2. The Platform '4. is madewith'a transverse slot 5 at a distance. in rear of the 'face plateapproxi- -matcty equal to the length ofa stamp/.or

ticket' and in line withlone wall of 'the slot 5, a knife bar 6 issecured over the platform 4. One end of a blade 7 is pivotally connectedat one end with one side of the bracket 3 and extends transverselyacross said bracket in line with the transverse slot in the platform, soas to coperate with the knife bar forsevering a stamp or ticket from astrip. Over and spaced slightly from that portion of the vplatform'ltforwardly beyond the transverse slot 5, a guide plate 8 1s located, andthis plate is .provided with an elongated open slot 9 for a purpose hereinafter described.

A bracket 10 is securedto the face plate 1 near its upper end and madewith a portio-n 11 of a coin chute 12. A shaft 13 is located over theportion 11 of the coin chute and supported ,by the bracket 10. Thisshaft is provided with an arm 14 which depends into the part 11 and isnormally' disposed in line with the coin-inlet-slot 15 in the faceplate 1. The shaft 13 is also provided with a rearwardly projecting arm16, with which vthe upper end of a rod 17 is connected, the

lower end of said rod being connected with ,the free end of the blade 7,so that when the shaft 13 is turned bythe engagement of a coin withthe-depending arm 14, the arm 16 will be elevated to transmit motion(through the rod 17) to the blade for raising the latter to sever astamp or ticket from a strip.v

After a stamp or ticket has been thus severed, it will be projectedthrough the discharge slot 2 by means of a spring finger 18 secured to acarriage 19 andmovable in the elongated slot 9`of the guide plate 8. Thecarriage 19 is freely movable over the plat-` form 4 and is guided atits side edges by ways 20. Lugs or ears 2l project upwardly from sideedges of the carriage and support a transverse rod or pin 22, on whichtwo dogs 23 are loosely .pivoted The teeth y of these dogs are disposedvin parallel grooves 24 in the platform .4 and adapted to engage notches25 in the" side edges of a stamp or ticket strip 26 between the stampsor tickets of said strip. If a perforated, lnstead of a notched stamp orticket strip be used, a number of dogs or pins may be employed to engagein the perforations.

The mechanism hereinafter described serves to reciprocate the carriage19 in such manner that when a stamp or ticket has been severed, thecarriage will be moved back a distance about equal to the length of 110V4equal to the length of a stamp or ticket.

When the carriage moves rearwardly as above described, theforwardly-projecting spring finger 18 will ride lightly over the severedstamp or ticket (rearward movement of the latter being prevented by theknife bar 6 acting as an abutment) and as the carriage completes itsrearward movement, the spring tinger' will ride on the knife bar 6 andthus be raised from the severed stamp. The forward movement of thecarriage will nowcause the nger 18 to engage and project the severedstamp or ticket and the. en gagement of the dogs 23 with the notchedstrip, will feed the latter forwardly a distance approximately equal tothe length ot one stamp or ticket.y

A bracket 27 is secured to the tace plate 1 laterally from the bracket3, and provided with a bcaring28 tor ahorizontal shaft 29,- said shaftalso having a bearing in a lug 30 on the bracket 3. A gear wheel 31 issecured to the sha/tt 29 and is provided in one face with a star-shapedcam groove 32. A shaft 33 is mounted in lugs' 34-35 secured to the plate1 in a piane above that of the shaft 29, and said shaft 33 is previdedwith an arm 36 having a pin 37 at its tree end to cooperate with the camgroove 32. The lug 35 is extended to form a xed arm 38, to the free endof which, a lever 39 is pivotally supported between its end-s. The lowerend of this lever is loosely attached to the rod or pin 22 on thecarriage 19. A rod or pitman 40 is attached at one end to the short armat the upper end ot the lever 39 and at its other end to an arm 41secured to the shaft 33.l From this construction and arrangement ofparts itis apparent that when the cam wheel 31 is turned, motion will betransmitted to the carriage 19 to reciprocate the same in the manner andfor the purpose hereinbefore explained. Thefextent of rotation of thewheel 31 and the consequent extent of reciprocating movements of thecarriage 19, will be regulated by trip mechanism c ontrolled by a coin.This mechanism comprises a trip lever 42 pivotally mounted in thebracket 27 and having an arm 43, the free end ot which terminates in afinger 44 projecting into the 'coin chute`12 so as to be in the path'ofa coin passing through said chute. A short shaft 45 is mounted in thebracket 27 and carries a pinion 46 meshing with the wheel 31. The shortshaft 45 also carries a flier 47 to engage the trip lever 42. It isapparent that when a coin depresses the trip lever, the flier 47 will bereleased --and the gears will be permitted to turn (when propelled aspresently explained) tor operatin the stam or ticket feedin anddischargmg mechanism. After. the com has Loeoaee passed the `trip lever,the latter will assume its normal position so as to cooperate with theierto stop the mechanism.

A. ratchet wheel 48 is secured to the shaft 29 'and receives motion froma ratchet bar 49 which is pressed into engagement with the ratchet wheelby a spring 50. The ratchet bar 49 is pivotally attached in proximity toits upper end, to the arm 16 on shaft 13. The upper end of the ratchetbar is provided.with a forward extension 51 having a hook-shaped member52, with .which latter, the upper end of a spring53 is connected,-thelower end of said spring being attached to the face plate 1 andconstituting the motive powerI for 'driving the mechanism. When a coinis inserted into the machine, the shaft 13 will be turned and the arm 16raised as previously explained, and the sprin 53 will be distended, sothat when the mec anism is released, the stored power ot thes'pring willbe exerted to propel the mechanism to feed the stamp strip, anddischarge the stamp which had been severed when the coin rst entered thecoin slot and before the release of the feeding and dischargingmechanism.

llt is desirable in `:machines of this character to close the coin slotwhen the machine is empty. lFor this purpose, the devices now rest on astamp or ticket strip on the plat- 1 form 4. Directly below the lowerendofthe nger 60, the platform 4 is provided near its rear end with avhole61, and the rear portion ot the carriage 19 is made with a slot 62 topermit said carriage to reciprocate without interferehce with the finger60. When the rear end of a stamp or ticket strip has passed the linger60, the latter will be free to'drop through the hole 61, and thus permitthe arm 57 to he moved away from the shoulder 56 on bar 55-th'erebyreleasing the shutter to close the coin slot. lThe stamp or ticketlstrip will preferably be wound von a suitable spool mounted in slottedplates`63 secured to the bracket 3.

Various slight changes might vbe made in the details of constructionofmy invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting'itsscope and henceLdo not wish to restrict myself to the precise detailsherein set forth.

Having fully described my invention what incense claim as new. anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is 1. ln; amachine of ,the characterdescribed,

devices, means for releasing said driving the vcombination, with aplatform, of feedingv mechanism, and means for operating said.

cutter prior to the release of said driving mechanism.-

2. In a machine of the character described,

kythe combination witha platform, of feeding and discharging devices.for stamps or tickets coperatlng with said platform, a cutter disposedin position to sever a stamp or ticket from a strip on the platform,driving mechanism for the feedin and discharging devices, trip devicesfor Vsaid driving mechanism, and means for o erating said cutter priorto the operationo said trip devices.l

3. llin a machine of the character described, the combination with aplatform, of a reciprocating carriage over said platform, feeding dogson said carriage, a discharging finger projecting from said carriage,driving means forthe carriage, and means for tripping the driving means.l Y

4.111 a machine' of the character described, the combination with aplatform, of a' reciprocating carriage over the same, dogs' on saidcarriage fory feedin a stripover said platform, a cutter in a vanceofsaid carriage for severing a stamp or ticket from said strip, a fingerprojecting' from the carriage for discharging the severed stamp orticket, operatin means for the cutter, and driving means or thecarriage.

5. In a machine of the character described, thel combination with aplatform, of reciprocating carriage, feeding and discharg' ing devicesmounted on said` carriage,a cam wheel, connections between the cam wheeland carriage, and means for driving said cam Wheel to reciprocate thecarriage.

6. ln a machine of the character described, the combinationWithaLplatfoI-m, of a reciprocating carriage over the platform, feedingand discharging devices mounted on said carriage, a cam wheel,connections between said cam Wheel and carriage for reciprocating thelatter, driving means for the cam wheel, and tripdevices for controllingthe operation of said driving means.'

7. In a machine of the character described,

the combination with a platform, of a re ciprocating carriage over thesame, feeding and discharging ,means mounted on said carrlage, a camWheel, connections between said cam wheel and carriage for reciprocatingthe latter, a ratchet wheel mounted to rotate with the cam wheel, areciprocating ratchet bar meshing with said ratchet Wheel, means vformoving said ratchet bar in one direction, a spring for moving theratchet bar in the other direction, and trip devices for controlling theo eration of the cam Wheel.

8. In a mac ine of the character described, the combination with aplatform, of a reciprocating carriage over the same, feeding anddischarging devicesl mounted on the carriage, a fixed arm, a leverpivoted between its ends to said arm and connected at one end with thecarriage, a pitnan connected with the other arm of said lever, a rocksha-ft provided vvith an arm connected with said pitman, a cam Wheel, anarm projecting from the rock shaft and coperat-ing with said cam Wheel,means for driving the cam wheel, and means for controlling the operationof said cam wheel.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination with aplatform, and feeding means and discharging means coperating therewith,of a cutter for severing a stamp or ticket from a strip in advance ofthe feeding means and in rear of thedischarging means, and means foryoperating said .cutter.`

10. In a machine of 'the character described, the combination withl aplatform,

and Afeeding means and discharging means coperating therewith, of acutter in advance of the feeding means and in rear of the dischargingmeans, a shaft, .means vfor turning said shaft, an arm projecting fromsaid shaft, a rod connectingsaid arm with the cutter, and means forreciprocating the feeding and discharging means.

11. In a machine of the character described, the combination with aplatform having a transverse slot, of a cutter to enter saidslot, atransverse bar over the plat-form in line with the rear Wall of saidslot, means for operating the knife reciprocating means for feeding astrip past the cutter and a reciprocating finger for discharging a stampor ticket severed from said strip, said vtransverse barv coperating withthe discharging finger to raise the same at the rear end of its throw.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

SARA L. W. COE. Witnessesz. y H. T.-WERDEN,

G. BERNARD.

